[Elecraft] K2 parameter Dump & Save

Sat Feb 22 10:33:01 2003

David wrote:
> That sounds an excellent idea, Tony.  Having stored the settings, and
> printed them out, would it then be possible to upload the settings back
> to the K2 again?
>

Absolutely David. Please see the longish posting below.

I've set out below the functions I think people want, for version 1 at
least, and would appreciate feedback. This will not be a trivial piece of
software and so I would also appreciate email  addresses of potential beta
testers. Whoever tests this stuff should be aware that they may find some
bugs that turn up only under certain circumstances, so I may need plenty of
info when reporting a bug, perhaps also the more intimate details of the PC
setup. Testers will also need to be tolerant of the fact that early versions
of the software may screw up their K2 settings! Beta testing is not always
fun, but you will at least get your name on the "Help About" credits!!

I would also appreciate email addresses of reviewers prepared to write short
articles for their favourite mags/websites.

List of Functions for Version 1
-------------------------------

1. Listing of current settings for printing etc. I had in mind that there
would be two types of display/print. The first ordered by logical function,
eg XFIL and AFIL settings grouped together, and the second type ordered by
which button is used to set them.

2. Save of current settings to file with user-entered comments like: "My
setup for CW working on RSGB field day"

3. Dump of saved K2 parameters from file back to K2. This might be have tick
boxes to select the restoration of setting groups - eg a tick box to restore
XFIL and a tick box to restore AFIL settings.

Version 2 Candidate - screen-based parameter setting
-------------------------------------------------------

This version will display the current settings on a multi-panel screen
display, allowing you to change them dynamically, eg without having to use
the K2 buttons. As in 1,2,3 above you would be able to load past settings
from file and dump them to the K2, but you would be able to review and
change them on screen first, trying out the optimum settings.

As far as timescales go, I think I might have an early version for testing
available 2nd week of March. There will probably be two releases during this
stage. Release one will probably have the functions of "save to file" and
"display/print" of the parameters. Release 2 will have the restore to K2
function added.

Regards,

Tony
M3CJF
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----- Original Message -----
From: "David Pratt" <[email protected]>
To: "Tony Wells" <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 2:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K2 parameter Dump & Save

> In a recent message, Tony Wells <[email protected]> said....
> >Folks,
> >
> >Someone has suggested that I write a PC utility for saving and restoring
K2
> >parameter settings.
> >
> >It seems like it could be popular - before I embark on this has anyone
any
> >comments of what sort of functionality would be handy?
>
> 73
>
> David G4DMP
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